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 Advent
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December:
dedicated to the Immaculate Conception |
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Advent Overview |
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Advent Wreath & Candles |
The four Sundays of Advent. The first Sunday will fall
between 27
November and 3 December. |
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Nativity Scenes |
1st Sunday of Advent |
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Advent Calendars |
1-24 December |
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Jesse Trees |
1-24 December |
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Rorate Masses |
Any time
throughout Advent |
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Feast of St. Barbara |
4 December |
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St. Nicholas Eve and Day |
5 and 6 December |
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Feast of the Immaculate
Conception |
8 December |
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Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe |
12 December |
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Feast of St. Lucy |
13 December |
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Advent Embertide |
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after 13 December (St.
Lucy's Day) |
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Gaudete Sunday |
3rd Sunday of
Advent |
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The Golden Nights: O Antiphons |
17-23 December |
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Christmastide
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Christmastide Overview |
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Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day |
24-25 December |
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Feast of St. Stephen the
Deacon |
26 December |
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Feast of St. John the
Evangelist |
27 December |
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Feast of the Holy Innocents
(Childermas) |
28 December |
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Feast of St. Thomas Becket |
29 December |
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Feast of St. Sylvester |
31 December |
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January:
dedicated to the Holy Name and Childhood of Jesus
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Feast of the Circumcision |
1 January |
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Feast of the Holy Name |
1st Sunday of the year, or 2 January if
this Sunday falls on the 1st, 6th, or 7th |
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Twelfth Night |
5 January |
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Feast of the Epiphany |
6 January |
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Feast of the Holy
Family |
1st Sunday after the Epiphany |
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The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ |
13 January |
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Time After
Epiphany (Epiphanytide)
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Time After Epiphany
Overview |
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St. Agnes Eve &
St. Agnes Day |
20 & 21 January |
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February:
dedicated to the Holy Family
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The Eve and Feast
of St. Brigid
of Ireland |
31 January and 1 February |
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Candlemas |
2 February |
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Feast of St. Blaise |
3 February |
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Feast of St. Agatha |
5 February |
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Septuagesima
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Septuagesima Overview |
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Septuagesima Sunday and its Vigil |
3rd Saturday and
Sunday
before Ash Wednesday (some time between 18 January and 22 February) |
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St. Valentine's Day |
14 February |
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Shrovetide |
48 days before Easter, Shrovetide will begin on a date
between 2 February and 8 March, inclusive. |
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Lent
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Lent Overview |
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Ash Wednesday |
Ash Wednesday will fall between 4 February and 10 March,
inclusive. |
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Lenten Embertide |
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the 1st Sunday of
Lent
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March:
dedicated to St. Joseph
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Feast of St. Patrick |
17 March |
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Feast of St. Joseph |
19 March |
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Laetare
Sunday |
4th Sunday of Lent |
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Passiontide
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Passion Sunday |
2 Sundays before Easter Sunday
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Feast of the Seven Sorrows of
Mary |
Two Fridays before Easter |
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Feast of St.
Gabriel the Archangel |
24 March |
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Feast of the Annunciation (Lady Day) |
25 March
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April:
dedicated to the Blessed Sacrament |
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Holy Week
Begins:
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Palm Sunday |
1 Sunday before Easter
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Spy Wednesday |
The Wednesday before Easter |
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The Sacred
Triduum Begins: |
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Maundy Thursday |
The Thursday before Easter |
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Good Friday |
The Friday before Easter |
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Holy Saturday |
The Saturday before Easter |
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Eastertide
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Eastertide Overview |
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Easter Sunday |
Easter will fall between 22 March and 25 April |
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Low Sunday |
The Sunday after Easter |
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The Feast of St.
George |
23 April |
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Rogation Day and
Rogationtide |
25 April and the 3 days
before Ascension Thursday
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Walpurgisnacht |
30 April
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May:
dedicated to Mary |
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May Crowning |
1 May (or early May) |
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Ascension Thursday |
40 days after Easter |
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Vigil of the Pentecost
& Pentecost (Whitsunday) |
50 days after Easter |
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Whit Embertide |
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after Pentecost |
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The Feast of St.
Rita of Cascia |
22 May |
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Feast of St.
Joan of Arc |
30 May
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Queenship of Mary |
31 May
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Time After
Pentecost
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June:
dedicated to the Sacred Heart |
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Time After
Pentecost Overview |
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Trinity Sunday |
The Sunday after Pentecost |
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Feast of Corpus
Christi |
The Thursday after Trinity Sunday |
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Feast of St.
Anthony of Padua |
13 June |
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Feast of the Sacred
Heart |
The Friday a week after Corpus Christi |
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St. John's Eve
& St. John's Day |
23 & 24 June
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Feast of Saints
Peter and Paul |
29 June
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July:
dedicated to the Precious Blood |
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Peter's Pence Collection |
The Sunday nearest to 29 June, the Feast of
SS. Peter and Paul |
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Feast of the Visitation |
2 July |
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Feast of St. Mary
Magdalen |
22 July |
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Feast of St. James
the Greater |
25 July |
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Feast of St. Martha |
29 July |
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August:
dedicated to the Immaculate Heart |
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St. Peter's Chains & The Holy Machabees
(Lammas) |
1 August |
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Feast of the
Transfiguration |
6 August |
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Feast of St. Lawrence |
10 August |
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Feast of the
Assumption (Marymass) |
15 August
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Feast of St.
Roch (San Rocco) |
16 August
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Feast of
King Saint Louis IX |
25 August
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The Decollation
of St. John the Baptist |
29 August
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September:
dedicated to the Seven Dolors of Mary |
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Feast of the
Nativity of Mary |
8 September |
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The Feast of the
Most Holy
Name of Mary |
12 September |
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Exaltation of the
Holy Cross (Roodmas) |
14 September
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Feast of the
Seven Sorrows of Our Lady |
15 September
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Michaelmas Embertide |
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday after the third Sunday in
September |
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Feast of St.
Januarius (San Gennaro) |
19 September |
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Feast of St.
Wenceslaus |
28 September
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Feast of St.
Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas) |
29 September |
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October:
dedicated to the Holy Rosary |
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Feast of the
Guardian Angels |
2 October |
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Feast of St.
Therese of Lisieux |
3 October
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Feast of St.
Francis of Assisi |
4 October
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Feast of St.
Gerard Majella |
16 October
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Feast of St.
Raphael the Archangel |
24 October |
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Feast of Christ
the King |
The last Sunday of October |
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All Hallows' Eve
(Hallowe'en) |
31 October |
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November:
dedicated to the Poor Souls |
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All Saints' Day
(Hallowmas) |
1 November |
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All Souls Day |
2 November |
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Feast of St.
Martin (Martinmas) |
11 November
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Last Sunday of
Pentecost |
The first Sunday before Advent |
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Feast of St.
Cecilia |
22 November
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St. Catherine's Day |
25 November
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The Eve and
Feast of St.
Andrew |
29 and 30
November |
